Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Center on Food Security and the Environment
Stanford Health Policy
The Europe Center
Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development
Rural Education Action Program
Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education
Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies
Ford Dorsey Program in International Policy Studies
Center for Innovation in Global Health
Stanford Center at Peking UniversityNovember 23rd, 2011
Richard Morse: Australia’s landmark new climate policy should be considered a pragmatic success
in the newsRichard Morse participates in the NYT Dot Earth’s debate on Australia's new carbon policy and how to address emissions from increasing coal demand in Asia. To read more, please visit NY Times' article link below.
November 22nd, 2011
PESD Research Informs 2011 World Energy Outlook
Several PESD Working Papers helped inform the analysis of the newly released 2011 World Energy Outlook. Read more »
October 31st, 2011
Frank A. Wolak leads panel discussion on Financial Transmission Rights, Virtual Trading
PESD director Frank Wolak presented in two sessions of the 4th annual Platt’s Nodal Trader conference in New York City on October 25-26, 2011. Read more »
September 29th, 2011
PESD study assesses cookstove business models in India
A PESD study just released in Energy Policy found that stove businesses are challenging but feasible with deep financial backing and managerial acumen. However, such businesses struggle to make a serious dent in the household-level indoor air pollution problem that motivated many to pursue improved biomass stoves in the first place. Read more »
September 28th, 2011
Wolak testifies before Little Hoover Commission of the California State Legislature
PESD director Frank A. Wolak accepted an invitation to participate in the first public hearing The Little Hoover Commission (a bipartisan independent state oversight agency) has scheduled to examine the coordination among the state's related organizations and federal agencies with energy-related activities. Read more »
Morse to speak at the UT Energy Symposium
Richard K. Morse is the invited speaker for the UT Energy Symposium on November 3, 2011 about international coal markets -focusing on coal, climate, and China. Read more »
August 31st, 2011
Morse debates US coal exports in NRDC's magazine
Appearing in the NRDC's OnEarth Magazine, Richard Morse debates how new US coal exports would impact international energy markets and carbon emissions. Read more »
July 15th, 2011
PESD director Frank A. Wolak talks energy with Japanese CEOs and former PM
Wolak will be traveling to Japan for a one-day symposium in Tokyo put on by the Center for International Public Policy Studies entitled “Can Japan have a new economic paradigm after the catastrophic quake and tsunami on 11th March?” Read more »
July 5th, 2011
Thurber, Hults, Heller publish "Norwegian Model" study in Energy Policy
AnnouncementIn their Energy Policy article, entitled "Exporting the ‘Norwegian Model': The effect of administrative design on oil sector performance," PESD researchers Mark Thurber, David Hults, and Patrick Heller present work casting doubt on the idea that imitating best practices from Norway is necessarily the best route to improved oil sector performance for other countries. 
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June 28th, 2011
Morse panelist at the 2011 Silicon Valley Energy Summit
Richard Morse addresses key uncertainties remaining in the implementation of cap and trade in California, speaking to leaders from business, policy, and academia in California. Read more »
June 27th, 2011
PESD Director Frank Wolak answers nuclear power question on FREAKONOMICS blog
in the newsFrank Wolak was an invited commentator writing in the FREAKONOMICS June 21, 2011 blog posting titled, "What Happens Next as the World Turns Away From Nuclear Power?" Read more »
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